Travel Documents Sought From Bruno Pal

The Public Integrity Commission today revealed that it had obtained one documentÂ from the subpoena issued to Jared Abbruzzese,Â who helped set upÂ $34,000 inÂ jet flights to Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno.

That isn’t enough, according to Barry Ginsberg, the commission’s lawyer. He said further “court proceedings”Â may be necessaryÂ toÂ file up the file on Abbruzzese.

The caseÂ was inherited from the Temporary State Commission on Lobbying, which was merged into the integrity commission. The lobbying panel wanted to set up a hearing on the case. Staff asserted that Abbruzzese was a lobbyist for a group trying influence the future of the thoroughbred racing system in New York when he made the flights available to his friend, the Repubican leader.

The commission did accept a $2,500 settlement from Empire Resorts for failing to declare lobbying expenses for its ad campaign touting governmental approvals for the casino the company proposed building with the St. Regis Mohawk tribe at Monticello Raceway.

A trend of commissioners recusing themselves from discussions continued. Dan French sat out talks involving Empire Resorts and an investigation involving former Attorney General Dennis Vacco and his lobbying partner James Crane.Â Fellow lawyer Dan AlonsoÂ joined French in the hallway during the Vacco/Crane and Abbruzzese discussions.Â Â